Google is killing off its Drive desktop app to make way for a smarter one

That’s a while away, but it’s worth knowing in case you have important files stashed there. The service will replace the existing app with Backup & Sync, which launched last month and keeps your selected files up-to-date in the cloud, along with photos.

In addition, it’s bringing G Suite users a new feature called Drive File Stream, which lets you see cloud-based files in your desktop file explorer as if they were stored on your hard drive; you can then ‘stream’ then on demand (Dropbox offers similar functionality already). The idea is to make it easy to access all your files, without taking up precious disk space.